This is a collection of recipes from Teresa Lapetina Greco (Big Mamma), her daughter Elizabeth Greco Noviello (Mamaw), her grand daughter Marie Noviello Casazza and her great grand daughter-in-law.....Lee Casazza. My cookbook is now available in a hard cover and in Kindle on Amazon. If you live in the USA, you can order it now from my website. I will personally inscribe and sign the book for you, just leave instructions. www.leecasazzacooking.com. . . Buon appetito!

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

MUSSELS WITH GARLIC & WHITE WINE

This is a delicious and simple recipe to make. You won't find it better in any restaurant. Buy the best and freshest mussels you can find which makes all the difference.

2 lbs fresh mussels, beards attached

2 T unsalted butter

2 T avocado oil

2 large shallots, finely chopped

5 cloves garlic, minced

1 medium Roma or Plum tomato, diced

1 cup dry white wine

1 t fresh thyme leaves or ½ t dried thyme

½ t red pepper flakes

Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

2 T chopped Italian parsley

Lemon wedges, for serving

Crusty Italian bread

Scrub the
mussels with a brush under cold running water.Place
in a bowl and refrigerate until ready to use.

In a large
heavy pot, heat the butter and oil over medium heat. Add
shallots and sauté for 5 minutes. Add
garlic and sauté another minute. Add the
chopped tomato, thyme, and red pepper flakes.

Season
to taste with salt and pepper, then add the wine and bring to a boil. Remove mussels from refrigerator and using "kitchen-only" pliers, remove beards.Add mussels to the pot,
cover, reduce heat and simmer until shells open, about 5 to 6 minutes. Discard
any unopened mussels.

Ladle into a
warm serving bowl or two smaller warm bowls and garnish with parsley.

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I self-published my first cookbook and I am very proud to say it was printed in the United States! Every recipe has a photo and they were not photo shopped and a stylist was not used. The food was real and I took the photos before the food was served.

When I tasted the "Sunday Gravy" prepared by my husband's mother, grandmother, and even his great grandmother, "Big Mamma"—I was hooked. Teresa Lapetina and Vincenzio Greco sailed to America from Naples in 1898.They were from the small town of Picerno in the province of Potenza in the southern region of Basilicata. They have all departed us now. . .ora sono la mamma!